Show I TONOPAH Aft ITS TS NEWEST EW MINES AND DEVELOPMENT WORK will IN N 1904 o W I u tI x xi i C D tr d r J Rt O I I I r p f Of rc Ht t ano o e E Lt 1 n ri i t I JIG story of ot Tonopah ha has been TUB T iT often oUan told and yet the tho present sketch would be ho Incomplete It If Ifa a n 1 resume of o Its oatly early history and find uuro not given In brief It Is In Isri ri at follows The rhe lust first discovery of or Tonopah WAS wan wande r Ide de d by rf on tuh c nY cy iv of or May lay Mr Ir di flutter Duller had na for tor forI I p years jears kept these hills In 11 mind f feel l trig mg nt that they were wore thorough n It mineralized and on the tho day of ot May left to prospect them thorn Ho Ifo HoM M a 1 i 1 ow on tho the afternoon of or the nth I On the following morning ho hortell horS rS to climb Mt Ml Oddle but hod hodr hodI r I e et d ell il only n a short distance when n r discovered 1 the tho outcropping of at a ai aage I II i age Ho Ito secured several samples and andt 1 c t h t them m to Klondike Mesere Riggs I It k fi t rougher tho the assayers of ot that th t place I n i hut but little of them and threw throw t t i 1 as not worth assaying Mr 1 J 1 r still UIl filth fAIth t however and re Ie tet iu fur d to his pimp Securing more morer r ho he took them to tb Austin Ho no Hoed Hoed ed eel thero hero on all May 28 2 and after L i 1 tag ing Instruction ln nfl to have t I r i r returned to 10 Dolmont to utter J Jd d t I and Alid harvest his file Grope s Abut thin thle time MaulS Rr J p pip con to tl l they had thrown aside and they surprised 1 t the Je results obtained tho the best bent assay l t wg rag ounces of gold and 1600 f rr Irell w es of ot silver The Tho results from tromA k A AMIn sin were equally startling and und Mr Idler tune notified Ho lIe arranged his isle JIM And In company with hi hit bl wife w Io loft Dolmont on Aug 23 33 for tor forts ts new digging They rh reached their on the tho 2612 and on that i f t ly X mads the locations covering tho the thoi i grin ledge Th y st fl m days daYH perfecting their locations and rising 1 troll trails e Their ro confer Or r monuments r rte were He trade made of ot rich ore taken from tram tho the ledge for tor they had no stakes td aed d timber limber vita Wal conspicuous con by Its ah Ih a t stare Inre Water wits waa another scarce nr ur urle if ir the nearest spring being boing throe three an rn it IL half miles melon distant Mr fid N ky wife however proved equal to th Ih the occasion and Ind driving tho the team over the th rough hills blue every Oy ry other othor day hauled lh the water to the camp She Bhe was wan n 1 si great rat help to her husband and ho was wan wanI I oud of her Mr Concluding their location Mk v Irk tk Mr and Mrs Duller Butler returned to Belmont t and consulted T r L Oddle r t ld H Brougher whom they took i t M rat partners Moro More assays wore were t r 1 t with the following results The Drat MO ounces tI of ot sliver silver and In Ing Ing Ing g M the tho second ounces of or silver 18 1161 lift In Kold old j the third CIO GIO ounces l t 11 si ver r anti ami MM SIlO In III gold The Tho next 15 U Ut f t rs s R averaged arranged 1178 and IB 16 more store went ItI II OF OP THE TIIE CITY CITro i As Its R the assays proved the richness of at the Ins Ih Jt it t was sva decided to 10 stake the tho thoa I 2 s a and j fl make the title to name ab ly perfect With this title end In view dram 1 Duller IMler and mph a f ft two 1 for fr tho n naw w cump on all Oct 8 Wh 10 teams loaded with provisions and n ill 11 supplies and stakes Tho The three man wont went to work with n a will mid tuni fl lh ilia nucleus of at what Is III today the I a gr grant sat ally Illy of or Tonopah rhey They sunk flUnk a it ILa Ml a fl a 11 few f V tot foot und nod extracted two v T R g n It lands leade of tr oro are from aro tho tito they mauled hauled to 10 and Irons from tit I nines mile to 10 the tha from nh f h point It won whipped shipped to San Han 1111 iwo 0 The rho returns front from the tho two t ti t i r wen was Wa M With that money tutu tr rl hired and anil development J t r ark rk k was Ivan 18 From I that unto limo In Ih the i ln for themselves them elus without a B v r financial Mr MI II I 4 I n wu Willi riven thu business bu manage 9 by Mr lr Huller Duller and when will tho the thor t f r ty I was wnM sold MIll to the Mill I i he w Wall svgs o t r w er r in addition to the th original fig KM g I Butler l dill located 10 the tho rich Gold Hill HIli reC Inti the tha claim which I eb k d well defined ledges ledge NEWS OF TUB TIE DISCOVERY N we of at the rich discovery had now f I a hd h d the outside world and there thero wan IlS i a 1 wild rush ru h of or fortune hunters to Ih th n w III m Dorado Most of them themo T o tenderfeet t who risked hunger J a I ri I thirst snot and even death In their f t n rI ic Io efforts to to reach tho the gold Kold Heide tr r I wood toil water were at that time the tho history his lory of at the wild willI excitement to Alaska In 1897 1891 was wall Tents rents and afterwards rs houses sprang up ill as u If It by magic maglo stage lines linos wore established Isla and In o a 1 very ery short time tints Tonopah was c the map What bent benl fitted the district IlI Immensely was wan os the feet fact that leases leaser were given In come conae Quene quence of at which seine Home realized largo large fortunes while others etude money mony m W I WN MM M ford tord It teams teama and drove out Hut But there theN were we Angel In Inthe Inthe Inthe the camp elmp who Vibo refused to leave Isar I during daring those thoM tho dark dirk hours houri These rhe felt fair brays brave bra women of or Tonopah Tono ah nursed and com corn comforted forted th the nick nUlt sail and offered prayers rl for tor forthe forthe the dying Many of ot those who pawed passed to tho the ere great it unknown beyond were wre strangers In a strange tran land but their ovary every want vas wai attended to while dI M iY V J mm r A 1 t I J 4 i I i t l lr r r f t r w 4 t rr 1 fm tirl t r 4 k t ti 1 1 tl I t 4 nr 4 t Si f TONOPAH AS IT LOOKED ON DECEMBER 10 OF or THIS YEAR iW Photographed Pl for tor the tho I m w I v r r r r N wr practically unobtainable on the des den desert denert I ert crt It was a 1 genuine stampede am and enough to make them comfortable for tor tho balance of ot their lives I Dy fly January 1901 there were some I 50 90 people In III tho the embryo town nil hap happy happy py contented Us Ita they thoy continued to extract IId th l ore oro from troll mother earth The Tho population continued to timid OIl by Jute June 3 1901 1001 the tho day dayon on which tho the unities milieu wore were std sold hero thero were people culling calling Tonopah lh their home MONEY ALL AROUND ABOUND And Anti the tho sale of ot tho the mines furnished an Interesting bit of history Mr Rut Hut Ruther Hutler her ler and associates had repeatedly turned a 1 deaf dent oar to tempting offers but on Juno JUlIO 3 a 1 man named 0 O F l Turner of at offered terell erod for tor tho rho property and the owners concluded to accept It wan waa agreed that a payment of at should be bo made at once and Turner having but little money of at his own I drew onan on onan an intimate friend In W WI Woodside for tor the tho amount He then repaired to the telegraph and wired Woodside what he had hlll done at atthe tho the same time coolly notifying him to tobo tobo tobe bo be sure ouro and honor the draft when It came along The draft dratt was paid and tho Iho Tonopah Mining Company of or Ne Nevada N Nado vada ado was tran formed with a capital of ot divided Into shares of ot a 1 par Ilor value of at M 1 That stock In is today to today today day telling selling for far 20 a 11 share and ant Is In In groat Kroat demand Tho royalties that the tho now company received within 30 days of or their purchasing reimbursed them for tor the tha amount of or the tho draft and the tho other outer payments payment wore were likewise mode made from the proceeds of ot tho the mines mid and thus tho the mines paid for tor themselves from trop development something that wits was never known before In tho ho history hl tory of at the mining world Tho Tim leases benses expired at Rt midnight on onDee Dec Dee 31 1901 mad and nt It that hour explosives of all nil kinds were e set t oft on tho ho mountain tops lops on nil all H fides sides of ot town Everybody Joined In tho general Jolli which lasted nil all night and ami some of ot the boys bors continued celebrating for or a IL week It II was waa a 11 happy crowd and everybody was In tho the bet best betot of ot humor h 01 MANY INY PEOPLE COME COMB CO IE New Nev Years ell day 1902 1002 found tOO 1200 people calling Tonopah their home though In ieee than 10 days this tide num nurn number number ber her was reduced to owing to an epidemic of which canto came upon the young joung happy camp like u thunder thunderbolt thunderbolt thunderbolt bolt front from a 1 clear sky It lasted Ilsted 30 days das and In that brief time 50 60 of ot plon wont to 10 their eternal rest Great excitement prevailed pru and the people wore were panic stricken Tho The hospitals were filled with the sick lck and dying the outgoing stages were crowded many walked out of ot town and those who could ut at 1 r X I Iy y 1 X t y I II 1 YI I 1 Y 11 Y y X X t y t y y y yf f y y y y 1 1 Y y Vy V y l Y y t tf 5 r tT y yi i y y d y 1 f X 1 I I j 9 H t t tt I THE HOMESTAKE VEIN AT SILVER PEAK sick nick and Rill when they Joined the silent majority the tho Minors Miners 1 Union gave gue them a decent burial and saw AW that their graves were kept kepi green Many opinions were advanced as BI to the cause of or tho the sickness but the tho gout gen generally accepted theory Is II that It was wan duo to exposure X and weak lungs lunN for those hone who succumbed were till all II 11 underground under underground ground miters miners who had Inhaled foul toul I nl powder smoke Not n a woman or ar child was wall affected riI SENT POPULATION At the tho present writing Tonopah con can l government There Is li no mayor nor common council liar po policemen but bul only n a justice of ot lite oe And constable and notwithstanding title this it Is in one fine of ot the quietest quieted places placer In Inthe the HIP whole country It has splendid ho hotel hot hotel t tel 1 accommodations good 1100 1 streets well swell lighted comfortable homos homes and date bUFi IU establishments I of or every description While water has haa been ben de di developed a eloped there Is III not hot yet the that Its 1111 inhabitants would like but this like every evey other It has hu encountered will ultimately be IH over oyer overcome come The town hM has ha a right tu lu boast bout boutot if ot It its 1111 excellent newspapers paper In the Tonopah Miner and Sun yin all of or hear bear evidences nf ot holn being In n It thriving It has hu n a slab dub ton too convicting of or 10 members mb which Is I not only u a I great to Its It members member hut but a great cone con OfIn enl to the r who are made matte heartily welcome DISTRICTS MINK The following Jew of or the lie new newest ret est mine in the dl will tx be found It proves prove the continuation of or the or bodies bod In found In the and other properties II rOller lie lieThe The installation of ot the tho splendid com plant at the Tonopah Ton slon mine Will was completed ft a 1 few teW weeks weeke ago ngo and being the finest In Inthe till the romp ramp mUlLS special m mandrel As to Installed In the plant comprises two boil boilers boil holl boilers hollers ers one 15 It II I I which lies has be been n con can with the tho old 10 to and 1 so arranged arr that both belli inn can be bt work worked d to to or nd n rid for t r g grom from rom th the shaft or driving the compres SOt ear The compressor Is I know as g the thi New Nel York Franklin having duplex steam and compound air all cylinders cylinder c with separate free tree air and hav having ing Ilog a II capacity of ot Uta 1116 cubic feet teet per minute This rule compressor will operate NN i n 1 10 piston pinion Pl drills drill at nt this Rill alti altitude tude tull two drills drill are aro now at work and the remainder will be added lidded a U as soon noon at as 8 received The drills used era aie IU the tux lUx type ty of at torpedo drill trill having the latest Invented reciprocating piston und bud me inn operated valve alye which en ensures great economy n In 1 n the lh e me use of air and those thOle now In use are drilling ten feet teet per hour In the hard haul quarts The plant Includes a It special I device devloo for econ economy omy cony In the use Iliff of ot water The complete plant except the its CO GO H It P 1 boiler has haslie Leon lie u manufactured anti and supplied 1 by b the Chicago Pneumatic Tool company of or Chicago and Ind has hns been erected He ted under the personal supervision of ot their rep representatives G 0 I W Parker of or Chicago and J It R Pollock of ot Denver to 10 whom great reat credit Is fa due dUEl for far the tha excellent manner in which while the work has hili been carried out The entire plant Including freight and Installation has hall Lost cost close IOIe to The Tonopah lon is 18 s one on of or great mines mireL H mad And under the energetic management of ot John McKan Mchane now hiss has hi about 1 1800 feet tel of nf underground workings working The main shaft has hu been sunk to k depth d th of ot MO hOO feet and sinking Will bo be Jo resumed r very fit shortly Two Iwo veins known u IU as th lit north muth and south veins vein 11 nil have hav been opened up the former being W 40 0 ft rt feet t wide and tin thus latter 81 SI fret fort wide assaying In wilu from payable milling grade d up to thou nf ot dollars per ler ton a remarkable of the tho th ore ole being that the pro proportion rU portion nf ot gold rold valued value Increases Increase with the Ih of ot the ore The present do de d are concentrated ron on them thew veins PI nil one machine chine drill being user used U I In Inthe t inthe n nIhl the Ihl wet pt drift rIft on the 70 toot foot level I of or the youth v tn n the other machine drill In a Ii raise e from the tOO toot tool level The Th TIJI rant east end and nd wet west drifts on the foot root both th In fet feet et are alto also being con COli continued continued Prominent 1 mining engineers engineer who wh have recently Inspected In the Ih prop property property property erty declare It to be one cute of the ha greatest of great graat IlnI ERA KRA I ll OF NT Since Sinet the dose close of ot the leasing period three years yeara ago 0 the th last of this month there has haa been no effort on out o the pert part of any an of or the companies In Tonopah to produce ore are for shipment abutment or reduction on the ground their entire energies be being beIng being ing directed to development df The Tonopah company comp ny has sunk Its main mail working shaft to the tha t point Till The TIt Valley Valler Vall View shaft which Is Js NO toot tt south of ot th the main Cor or shaft hatt If ls I down lown test Crosscuts have hwe been run on th the 10 liD and levels I villi con eon connecting noting th the Uli two to shafts and In theca th crosscuts three ledges led from S a to 8 a feet wide whit were wre encountered Tits Tit MO 00 level lavel In th the main shaft has lies been opened up for 1760 1460 feet teet east and wool west M and Is in l In iii ore or all tit h way tva the thus ledge 1 being from t to 16 10 1 feet fut ulue and average a assays 1118 close cloe to The 30 MO level 1011 In the Valley View Ii la opened up for tor feet reet east rast and west wen following the hanging wall of or a n 1 ledge which Is In from 40 iO to CO 60 feet teet wide and will mill close e to WO 60 a R ton IlIn Altogether Ito ther there n are more store thin then feet of workings In the property properly o 0 nhe Tonopah und anti fully feet of ot these |